Snow Rates Should Be 1"+ This Evening

In our immediate area, we should see snow rates at 1"+ for a few hours as the storm really cranks just to our ESE.  I've quickly attached 2 maps.  The first shows the surface freezing line (hot pink) and the storm "bombing" off to our east.  This will pull the cold air very rapidly into our region at all levels.

The 2nd map is the 3 hr precip ending at 10 pm this evening.  Most of this will fall as snow according to the short term modeling.  The dark black line is essentially the rain snow line.  So if you're up around midnight this evening, mom nature could be offering quite a show complete with some thunder and lightning!

And if you are up after midnight...enjoy this classic!  Please, feel free to hoot and holler right along with the gang!

Enjoy your Thursday!

Smitty

AA:  Still looking at some briefly heavy snow once the sun goes down.  Changeover by 9 pm I'd say.